Coat-rack.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

J. L. GRAGG. COAT RACK.

.APPLIGATION FILED NOV.17,1904.

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JOE LEE GRAGG, OF HONEY GROVE, TEXAS.

COAT-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed November 17, 1904. Serial No. 233,191.

To (0Z5 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J on LEE GRAGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Honey Grove, in the county of Fannin and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coat-Racks, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in coat-racks constructed of a single length of wire and arranged to provide a neck-frame for supporting the front portion of the collar or lapels of the coat.

The object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen the cost of manufacture of such devices.

WVith the foregoing and other minor objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, the figure is a front elevation of a coatrack constructed in accordance with the invention.

The coat-rack 1 comprises a longitudinal member 2, having a hook member 3 at its upper end adapted to be engaged with any suitable support. The longitudinal member 2 is formed of twisted wire, and at its lower ends the strands 4 thereof are separated and eX- tended oppositely in a lateral direction with respect to the longitudinal member 2 to form a coat frame. The laterally extending strands 4 are bent at their outer ends to form the resilient coils 5 and are bent back toward each other, as shown at 6, and joined to form an upwardly-extending neck-frame-supporting member 7, the strands of which are separated at their upper ends to form a neckframe 8. When a coat is placed upon the coat-frame in the usual manner, the neckframe 8 supports the front portion of the collar or lapels of the coat, thus preventing the wrinkling thereof, which is caused by most forms of coat-racks now in use. The neckframe 8 preferably is disposed slightly in rear of the longitudinal member 2 of the coatrack.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A coat-rack made of a single length of material with intertwisted strands to form a supporting-bar, the strands being separated and projected laterally to form a coat-frame, and connected and intertwisted and projected transverse the coat-frame to provide a neck-frame support, the strands being separated at the upper end of the support and bent to provide a loop-form neck-frame.

2. A coat-rack made of a single length of material with intertwisted strands to form a supporting-bar, the strands being separated and projected laterally to form a coat-frame, and connected and intertwisted and projected transverse the coat-frame to provide a neck-frame support, the strands being separated at the upper end of the support and bent to provide a loop-form neck-frame, the plane of said neck-frame being offset from the plane of the coat-frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOE LEE GRAGG. Witnesses:

JAs. T. DAvIs, A. S. GALBRAITH. 

